# open-images-for-free-use

The skill picks an image from a curated catalog and confirms its license from the file's own embedded metadata. Handy when you need a picture for a UI, article or deck.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1400 installs
- Author: peter-duffy95
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/peter-duffy95/open-images-for-free-use-skill/tree/HEAD/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-06-05
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/open-images-for-free-use

## What it does

Two stages: pick an image, then verify its license. The catalog ships inside the skill as `./index.json`; read it whole with `jq . ./index.json` and choose an entry by its `keywords`, judging what the image is for — hero banner, blog header, portrait — rather than matching substrings. If nothing fits, the skill takes the closest option and tells you the match is approximate.

The file is fetched from a pinned commit, `e40900d`, and the license identifier in its metadata is checked against a fixed allow-list of eight known IDs. Only then does the skill print the matching license file bundled with it. The verdict comes from the image itself, not the catalog, so a catalog entry proves nothing on its own.

You still have to read the license. An NC tag rules out commercial use, ND forbids cropping and text overlays, SA obliges you to license derivatives the same way. For a commercial project where the image gets edited, a good chunk of the list is out — worth checking before the URL lands in your layout.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add peter-duffy95/open-images-for-free-use-skill --skill open-images-for-free-use -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/open-images-for-free-use/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/open-images-for-free-use/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add peter-duffy95/open-images-for-free-use-skill --skill open-images-for-free-use -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/open-images-for-free-use/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add peter-duffy95/open-images-for-free-use-skill --skill open-images-for-free-use -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/open-images-for-free-use/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install peter-duffy95/open-images-for-free-use-skill open-images-for-free-use
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/open-images-for-free-use/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add peter-duffy95/open-images-for-free-use-skill --skill open-images-for-free-use -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/peter-duffy95/open-images-for-free-use-skill
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/open-images-for-free-use/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add peter-duffy95/open-images-for-free-use-skill --skill open-images-for-free-use -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/peter-duffy95/open-images-for-free-use-skill/tree/HEAD/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find a landing page image without breaking its license
- check whether a photo is usable in a commercial project
- learn if cropping or overlaying text is allowed
- get an illustration for a blog post or slide deck
- grab an image URL with the license already confirmed

## Example prompts
- find me an image for the hero banner on the landing page
- I need an illustration for a blog post, license must allow commercial use
- pick a picture for my presentation and show me its license

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